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The Lived Experience of Facilitating the Violet Oaklander Model of Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents

Brisbois, Blake
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3443-0477
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1467798020

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2016, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch Santa Barbara: Clinical Psychology.
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the experience of facilitating the Oaklander Model of Gestalt Play Therapy when treating children or adolescents in psychotherapy. Interviews were conducted with clinicians who have received training and use the Oaklander method in their practice of psychotherapy. Transcriptions of the interviews were coded and analyzed, revealing a consistent experience along various themes. Participants reported that this Gestalt method allows a non-linear method of helping clients to unfold according to the needs and challenges of each session. Participants also reported that the end goal of the Oaklander Gestalt model helped young clients express themselves through the use of customized strategies that included consideration of the experiences and physical capabilities of children. The model’s focus on the strength of the clinician-client, clinician-parent, and parent-client relationship facilitated self-awareness and sense of self through effective mind-body interventions. Further exploration by broadening the range, size, and type of sample studied is recommended. The electronic version of this dissertation is available free at Ohiolink ETD Center, www.ohiolink.edu/etd
Ronald Pilato, Psy.D. (Committee Chair)
Lee Weiser, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Violet Oaklander, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
212 p.
Clinical Psychology; Psychology; Psychotherapy
Violet Oaklander; play therapy; gestalt therapy; child therapy; adolescent therapy; phenomenological, adolescents

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  • Brisbois, B. (2016). The Lived Experience of Facilitating the Violet Oaklander Model of Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1467798020

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brisbois, Blake. The Lived Experience of Facilitating the Violet Oaklander Model of Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents. 2016. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1467798020.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brisbois, Blake. "The Lived Experience of Facilitating the Violet Oaklander Model of Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1467798020

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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© 2016, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License The Lived Experience of Facilitating the Violet Oaklander Model of Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents by Blake Brisbois is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Antioch University and OhioLINK.